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Sambo Definition


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Sambo (offensive slang)

    1. A black person.
      Form: Sambo (sometimes)
    2. A person of mixed race especially someone with one black and one Native American parent, or one black and one European parent.
Etymology: 18c: from American Spanish zambo, possibly from Greek skambos bow-legged.



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